Sammy Brown Goodrich

My first yoga class was about 23 years ago in a trailer classroom at our local public school. I was recovering from a herniated disk that left me barely able to walk. I was the grateful student of a kind and supportive teacher who guided me back to health through breath and posture. Through yoga practice, I discovered a more mindful way to approach both physical and spiritual life that could sustain me. Inspired to share this practice with others, I earned my 200 hour teaching certificate in 2008 with Rolf Gates and an additional 300 hour teaching certificate with Metrowest Yoga & Training Center in May 2019.

In 2014 I began my more formal meditation practice and study with senior Buddhist teacher, author and founder of Dharma Moon, David Nichtern. In 2016 I received my mindfulness meditation teacher certification with David and now enjoy instructing others in both group and private settings. David continues to be my formal meditation instructor (and spiritual friend!) while the Dharma Moon community is my main touchstone for questions concerning both meditation in general and the challenges that come up in my own seated practice.

My teaching “style” invites students to become their own best teacher. With an emphasis on anchoring to breath and sensation, it is my hope that students experience a joyful practice which becomes an expression for how they want to live, that what feels good in practice manifests in their lives.

With patience and compassion students will find, for themselves, all that is required for practice is their basic human ability to pay attention and to care.

Thank you for visiting my website.

​Warmly,

Sammy